Thursday, October 16, 2008

When your boss has ALL the rights to be unreasonable

If your big boss ask you "have I ever been unreasonable?" what would your answer be?

"NOOOooo! OF COURSE NOT!!"? Would this be your answer? You are lucky. Or, this is still your answer but said through gritted teeth and a fake smile?

I have no choice. My answer was a "no..." too, which I hope was accompanied by what looked like a really considered and honest facial expression. But if I can, my real answer is actually "yes, but you have all the rights".

What to do? It's his company, he can do anything he wants.

It's true, bosses will always have privileges right? Things that no one else can do, the boss breaks the rules - pardon me, rephrase, what break rules? The boss IS the rule. I suppose all of us are clever enough to figure out that if the boss comes to work late, he's entitled to it, but if we goes in late, it's tardiness. Yes, agreed. If the company policy says no denim, don't expect your boss to follow that, he's the boss remember?

He can be short tempered whereas all others need to be considerate and professional;

He doesn't need to be careful with his choice of words but everyone else must speak properly and not offend others;

He's allowed to forget things and you are not suppose to tell him off, but vice verse allowed;

If he shouts at your colleagues, he's the ONLY one who can do that. No one else. By the way, if your boss said you shouted at your colleague, EVEN THOUGH you didn't, you just did. It might sound very unreasonable but it's his rights.

LEAD. BY. EXAMPLE?

I. AM. SO. TIRED.

I just want to do my job, according to what I've been paid for and not having to waste my energy dealing with unnecessary human matters.

OR, someone give me another job PLEASE!

3 comments:

Swee said...

Poor thing... I hope you felt better after venting out.. Sorry I cant be online too long last night.. Tiredness caught me...

Hey, dear.. I feel the same all the times, and I am so sure that We are not alone! :)

Managing boss is the same as managing the team/subordinates.. Managers need to Lead By Example.. Nonetheless, NOT boss.. Very RARE they do. :P

WE.DECIDE.HOW.WE.WANT.TO.FEEL

So, Have a great day, great weekends ya.

MasterChef said...

Yes... we are not alone. I wonder will we be like this type of boss when we are the boss?

Managing your boss is a PhD on its own.

WHAT'S.WITH.THE.CAPITALS.?

TTB said...

SIMPLY.

Yeah, sometimes we need the capital letters to make a point in written stuff... :)